cantoris
/kænˈtɔːɹɪs/
cantoris adjective: of the side of the chancel, apse, altar or choir on which the cantor's (later precentor's) stall is placed (the left hand side to a person facing the altar);.
Adjective
cantoris (not comparable)
- Of the side of the chancel, apse, altar or choir on which the cantor's (later precentor's) stall is placed (the left hand side to a person facing the altar);
- the cantoris side of a choir; a cantoris stall
- one accompanyist, let us suppose him seated on the Cantoris side, facing the Decani Organ[…]1858, William St. George Patterson, Chants, services, anthems
Noun
cantoris
- The lower of two choral voice parts sung when a part splits into two; traditionally sung by members of the choir on the cantoris side.
- All the extant voices participate fully in the decani-cantoris split at that point, so one is tempted to assume that the tenors split into decani and cantoris parts as well.1988, Gordon Paine, Howard Swan, Five Centuries of Choral Music: Essays in Honor of Howard Swan, page 105
- That half of the choir singing cantoris parts, collectively.
Antonyms of cantoris
Forms of cantoris
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Origin of cantoris
Borrowed from Latin cantōris (“of the cantor”).
Questions about cantoris
- What does cantoris mean?
- Cantoris means of the side of the chancel, apse, altar or choir on which the cantor's (later precentor's) stall is placed (the left hand side to a person facing the altar);.
- What part of speech is cantoris?
- Cantoris can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce cantoris?
- Cantoris is pronounced /kænˈtɔːɹɪs/.
Words near cantoris in the dictionary
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